Optimizing Your Clusters

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Optimizing your clusters

Because Cluster service uses an adaptable architecture, it is able to allocate resources as needed to meet changing usage requirements. However, there are some hardware and configuration choices you can make to improve cluster performance. These choices are explained in the following sections:

• Focusing on the right hardware resources for server clusters

• Optimizing the paging file size and location for server clusters

• Using additional TCP/IP services for server clusters